Michaels turns on an old friend – WWIQ PD and morning personality Al Gardner. But the parting was ugly. I’ve got the details from inside.
Randy is under great pressure – the rest of Merlin is being sold off right from under him by the investment people he got into bed with. Here’s how the sale of the remaining Merlin stations is going. Merlin thought it had the station sold to CBS Radio. I’ll update the likely Philly buyer for you and the price.
Meanwhile WWIQ-FM’s plug and play conservative talk station with Limbaugh, Hannity and other syndicated hosts is creaming CBS’ WPHT-FM driving one of their stars, Michael Smerconish to satellite.
How can this happen? No promotion, no commitment, no permanent owners, no help from PPM. Here’s how to learn from Michaels mistakes and blow the ratings wide open.
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